SUBMITTED BY Timbo

March 17, 2004 — Julie Andrews, who had her remarkable voice silenced by a failed throat operation in 1997, sings again in "The Princess Diaries 2". (Aw come on, open your heart up a little.)

Set for an Aug. 11 release, the film contains a scene in which the girl, now 21 and facing marriage, recalls a song she heard in early childhood, Your Crowning Glory, and she cajoles her grandmother into singing it. Later in the movie, Andrews' character sings the number again, this time to the granddaughter's friends.

Disney is keeping the song under wraps, but those who have heard it say the rendition is reminiscent of the old Julie Andrews.

"She's everything you want Julie Andrews to be; she's such a professional," said the film's music supervisor, Dawn Soler, who was there when the actress prerecorded the song, as well as when she sang it to playback during filming at Universal Studios.

"She nailed the song on the first take. I looked around and I saw grips with tears in their eyes," Soler told The Associated Press.

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